God Knows

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Even in an age of scepticism and pluralism, there can be no doubting the
influence of Scripture on the history and literature of this country. Hence
it is no surprise that Philip Pullman, addressing TheSunday Times
Oxford Literary Festival this weekend, spoke fondly of a book with which he
felt every schoolchild should be familiar. The Bible.

“Jesus was a great storyteller,” said the author, who is also one of Britain’s
most prominent and outspoken atheists. “To invent the story about the Good
Samaritan — you hear it once you never forget it, you tell it to somebody
else and